and poise…” -Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet
Born in New York City, Isabel started singing Lou Rawls' "You're Gonna Miss My
Lovin" at 6. As a kid, she’d sit with her father who’d ask her in his native Spanish
starry, philosophical questions about everything around her world. This brought
her in tune with her poetic side early in life.
All her life, Isabel was drawn to the piano and played classical music since her
teens. But a surprise detour was in store for Isabel when after college at Cornell
and Mannes, she became a back-up singer for a Brooklyn-playing rock band, The
Defenders. Not long after, she discovered her own love for songwriting and
formed Isabel and The Whispers in NYC in 2005.
Some of Isabel's songs echo themes from her early poetry and artwork. As a side
note, Isabel painted the cover to the band's upcoming, self-titled album. The jazzy,
eclectic touches of her drummer, Alec, and the twanging strings of her guitarist,
Octavio, color her bittersweet and introspective songs. The band's name was
drawn from a Biblical story in which God questions a man in a whisper.
Isabel’s songs have a story to relate, a vision to describe, a fleeting feeling to
communicate through the beautiful frailty of her voice. The lyricism of fellow
singer-songwriters like Aimee Mann and Suzanne Vega and the ethereal piano
stylings of Coldplay inspire her sounds. Her songs, like favorite poet Neruda,
embrace the range and depths of human emotion and faith…the caprices, the
fury, and poise…and, of course, the love…
Isabel is a member of the Songwriters Guild of America and NYC's acclaimed
Singer-Songwriter Sessions as well as Musicians on Call. The band is releasing
their album this Summer of 2008 with a kick-off show.
